Electronic Databases

Research Tools
Political Science

Search Engines                                                                                                                                                   E-Journals (mostly free access)
Statistical Resources                                                                                                                                            For fee E-Journals on the Web
Information Resources (NSU)                                                                                                                                Other Web Resources

Electronic Databases and Indexes

How to access library databases from off campus

NSU Databases	Other Databases
EBSCOhost	America: History & Life
FirstSearch	CIS Government Periodicals
GPO(U.S. Gov Pubs via FirstSearchOK)	Government Periodicals Universe
NewsBank	MarciveWeb DOCS (Catalog of U.S. Gov Pubs 1976-2006)
Wilson Omnifile	ODL Online

Selected Search Engines

Boolistic	Offers visual Boolean searchers to “.gov” and other sites.
Clusty	Groups returned search results into subject categories. Searches gov & other sites.
FedWorld .com	This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). It is an online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.
FirstGov	The U.S. government's official web portal for online information, services and resources.
Gigablast	Offers a “.gov” limiter you can use to limit searches to government websites.
Google UncleSam Government Search	Offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news.
Political Information .com	A specialized search engine that searches only in websites on politics, policy, and political news.
Political Science Internet Resources	Internet resources provided by the Western Connecticut State University Department of Social Sciences.
Yahoo US Government	Usefully indexed web pages only offered on Yahoo divided into the three branches of the government, and “additional categories’ for searching by specific topics such as ‘local government”, “military” and “research labs”

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Statistical Resources

American Factfinders	FedStats	Statistical Abstracts of the United States
Bureau of Justice Statistics	Kids Count Data Book 2006	Statistical Resources on the Web
Bureau of Labor Statistics	National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)	U.S. Census

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EJournals

	Government Information in Canada	Policy Action Network
American Diplomacy	Monthly Catalog of U.S. Publications	Politeia (1995-2002 free)
Bad Subjects	Mother Jones	Salon.com (free day pass)
EIN News Central Europe Online (free trial)	The Nation (free trial)	Slate
EFFector (Electronic Frontier Foundation)	National Review	Der Spiegel (in German)
European Foreign Policy Bulletin	NATO Review	Wired Magazine
Federal Register	New Republic (free trial)	World Press Review

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EJournals

For Fee
Requires Subscription for full access

American Prospect	Law and Politics Book Review	Salon.com
Atlantic	Roll Call	U.S. News & World Report
Boston Review

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Other EJournals on the Web

Journal of World-Systems Research	Social Science Japan
New American (selected full-text)	State Magazine
Political Science Quarterly (selected full-text)

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Information Resources by Subject Area
Compiled by NSU Resource Coordinators

Government Political Associations International

Congressional Information	Election Information	International Political Parties
Government Resources	Political Science Associations	International Politics
Oklahoma Politics & Government	Research Groups/Think Tanks	Model U.N. Resources
Presidential Libraries	U.S. Political Organizations
White House Resources	U.S. Political Parties

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Other Helpful Web Resources

About.com	Political Resources on the Net (Agora Telematica)
Academic Info	Political Science Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
Law, Government, and Political Science Reference (The Internet Public Library)	Politics1.com (Ultimate guide to US Govern
	Poly-Cy Internet Resources (West Virginia University)
Lying in Ponds (The absurdity of partisanship)

Political Science: A Net Station	This Nation
Political Science Resources (Richard Kimber)	Ultimate Political Science Links Page
Political Science Resources (UC Irvine)	Vincent Ferraro's International Politics Webpage

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For other electronic indexes and databases that Northeastern State University offers, go to the
[NSU Homepage] [Research Guides] [NSU BA Library Home]

Send comments to: Pamela Louderback

Last updated 08/18/2006